Hissarica Viidalepp, 1988

Viidalepp, Jaan & Kostjuk, Igor, 2021, Taxonomic notes on two endemic geometrine genera from Middle Asia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae), Zootaxa 5052 (1), pp. 137-144 : 138-139

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.1.9
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5572798
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scientific name	Hissarica Viidalepp, 1988
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Hissarica Viidalepp, 1988 View in CoL

(reinstated from synonymy with Xenochlorodes Warren View in CoL )

(Type species H. postalbida Viidalepp, 1988 View in CoL )

Material: The type series, 4♂, Tajikistan, Hissar Range, south slope, Kondara valley, 1100 m, 25.5– 28.5. 1978, Metsaviir & Viidalepp leg. (gen. pr. 1722); 1♀, the same locality but 16.05.1974, Prasolov leg.; 1♂, the same locality but 24.05.1980, I. Pljushtch leg. ( IZBE).

Additional material: 1♀, Tajikistan, Hissar Range, Kondara valley, 1100 m, at light, 20.05. 1980, I. Pljushtch leg. (gen. pr. 656); 1♀, the same locality but 24.05.1980, I. Pljushtch leg. (gen. pr. 638); 1♂, the same locality but 24.05.1988, Z. Kljuchko leg. (gen. pr. 639) ( ZMKU).

Differential diagnosis: Bluish–green forewings contrasting with whitish hindwings, absence of antemedial fascia on forewing and presence of large flat medial harpe distinguish Hissarica from other Eurasian geometrine genera. Further characteristics are given in the description of the type species. Differences from the related genera Xenochlorodes and Hierochthonia are listed below.